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Child care centers and preschools in Pondera County, MT
How Pondera County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1M
- On child care and other personal services · $457 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,072
- +3.2% since 2020
See the child care centers and preschools around any address in Pondera County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Pondera County. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Pondera County comes to about $1M a year: $457 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per center.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Pondera County classed as child care services. That is one for every 567 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Pondera County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pondera County compares
The same measures for Montana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Pondera County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $807K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 567 | 940 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $457 | $608 | $581 |
| Median household income | $52,338 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $274K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Pondera County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Pondera County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,072+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,268
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $52,338
- Average household income
- $72,767
- Median home value
- $206,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,539
- Daytime population
- 5,599Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Park County, MT | 79 | 5 | 6.0 | $1M | +5.7% | #106 of 1,611 |
| 2Gallatin County, MT | 55 | 48 | 9.4 | $848K | +7.7% | #692 of 1,611 |
| 3Flathead County, MT | 54 | 33 | 7.5 | $834K | +10.1% | #726 of 1,611 |
| 4Ravalli County, MT | 53 | 15 | 8.0 | $693K | +9.4% | #758 of 1,611 |
| 5Yellowstone County, MT | 50 | 55 | 7.9 | $816K | +4.5% | #827 of 1,611 |
| 6Missoula County, MT | 49 | 41 | 7.8 | $817K | +4.4% | #848 of 1,611 |
| 7Carbon County, MT | 47 | 5 | 10.7 | $608K | +9.1% | #912 of 1,611 |
| 8Lewis and Clark County, MT | 45 | 34 | 10.9 | $588K | +5.8% | #967 of 1,611 |
| 9Cascade County, MT | 43 | 23 | 6.5 | $862K | +0.7% | #1,002 of 1,611 |
| 10Lake County, MT | 41 | 14 | 11.1 | $506K | +6.9% | #1,086 of 1,611 |
| Pondera County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 4.4 | $1M | +3.2% |
Other business types in Pondera County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Pondera County, MT?
There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Pondera County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pondera County, MT spend on child care and other personal services?
About $1M a year, or $457 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,268 households in Pondera County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pondera County, MT compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Pondera County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 567 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Pondera County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Pondera County at 6,072 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,268 households. The median household income in Pondera County is $52,338 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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